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  • quotes – August

    quotes – August

    “No one had such a love of life, and no one tried harder to kill himself.” Chuck Haddix – Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker “He had been married twice, had a young son and an old habit.” Chuck Haddix – Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker “I get smart when… Continue reading

  • quotes – July 2019

    quotes – July 2019

    If there’s no buzz with a man, tell him to buzz off. Linda Yellin – What Nora Knew I could see the fireworks. I just couldn’t feel them. Linda Yellin – What Nora Knew A nation cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within. Remember that. Pierce Brown – Red Rising Doing… Continue reading

  • quotes – June 2019

    Modern-day humans are drowning in a sea of overstimulation that exhausts us physically, mentally, and emotionally. .   .   Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Mind Mindfulness is the process of actively noticing new things … When you do that, it puts you in the present. It makes you more sensitive to context and perspective. It’s the… Continue reading

  • INTERSTATE – Stephen Dixon

    INTERSTATE – Stephen Dixon

    I get nervous anytime I see a literary award embossed on a book cover.  I’ve so rarely enjoyed the award-winning books I’ve read that I’ve come to the personal feeling that literary awards are given for a book’s form more than for their stories. I continue to feel that way with Stephen Dixon’s Interstate. The… Continue reading

  • quotes – May 2019

    When a spider comes down from the sky, it means someone is going to die. .   Kenn Harper – In Those Days It’s one thing to practice sword moves on a straw dummy named Joe in your office on a sunny afternoon, and quite another warding off a Wraith in the middle of a haunted… Continue reading

  • quotes – April 2019

    …when guys continually laugh at the same things, it means more than sharing the same sense of humor: it’s sharing the same world of referential knowledge, the same moral philosophy. Your laughter acknowledges similar wiring without revealing anything. Wayne Gladstone – Agents of the Internet Apocalypse   They say knowing is half the battle, but… Continue reading

  • THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA – J. Ryan Stradal

    THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA – J. Ryan Stradal

    Beer?  Minnesota?  I’m in! J. Ryan Stradal’s The Lager Queen of Minnesota is a story of family and the pursuit of dreams. Edith Magnusson is famous for her pies since they were named third best pies in the state of Minnesota. Edith’s sister is Helen Blotz. Helen turned the family soda business into one of… Continue reading

  • quotes – March 2019

    quotes – March 2019

    * * * * * * “It was hard enough to write a book – even a lousy book, much less one of such quality-without being constantly distracted by personal and family problems.” Elizabeth Peters — Naked Once More “People who don’t dream only exist from day to day.” Michael Murphy — The Big Brush-Off… Continue reading

  • HANNA WHO FELL FROM THE SKY – Christopher Meades

    HANNA WHO FELL FROM THE SKY – Christopher Meades

    Hanna has grown up in a quaint, secluded village where men have multiple wives and trade their daughters to friends for favors. Or perhaps take a daughter for a wife. Hanna is now promised to a man her father’s age and she would be his fifth wife and the expectation would be that she’s to… Continue reading

  • quotes – Jan 2019

    quotes – Jan 2019

    From my first post of book quotes I wrote: For about as long as I have been reading, I have collected quotes. What makes a good quote? I think it’s a snippet of writing that speaks volumes. It is the prose version of a poem – something that, in a condensed manner, waxes philosophic on… Continue reading

  • BELLMAN & BLACK – Diane Setterfield

    BELLMAN & BLACK – Diane Setterfield

    Bellman & Black is one of the older books in my ARC queue and I remember being quite interested in this because of the publicity calling this a ‘perfect’ ghost story. But this is not a ghost story.  Not really.  This is a moody, atmospheric tale of a consumed living man. As a boy, William… Continue reading

  • Looking For the Best Books of 2018 – a year end review

    Looking For the Best Books of 2018 – a year end review

    It’s time for the year-end wrap-up.  Which books stand out of those that I read and reviewed in 2018?  We’ll look at them by genre. Starting off with Fantasy and Science Fiction… I read some really great sci-fi/fantasy books in 2018.  Jay Posey is a writer I will keep an eye on and his books… Continue reading

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